Cindy Starr is planning a comeback. You've never heard of Cindy Starr? Well, that's definitely your loss. A famed dancer, singer and actress of indeterminate yesteryear, Starr plots her return to the big time in an explosion of pink sparkles, tappin' and yappin' her way through life.

John B. DeHaas ("Theme Park Diva," "Halloween: The Musical") has created this zippy little ode to a showbiz legend (in her own mind). Cindy, as embodied by actress Joy Andersen, has an Ethel Merman ringtone on her cellphone, a natural ebullience and legs from "there to Peoria." (She'll be the first to tell you.)

Ms. Starr recounts her career by performing DeHaas' songs — so catchy and witty you'll wish they really had been around for decades. In one 1940s number, she innocently moons over her favorite tap-dancing marine in "his loafers so light."

In "Ya Gotta Have Gams," a tribute to Cindy's best assets, DeHaas runs through the dictionary to find funny rhyme after funny rhyme. He has a field day, too, with the whole trajectory of a B-list celeb's career: the 1950s TV variety hour, the Christmas special. (Speaking of Christmas, Cindy's very funny holiday song makes good use of an old joke.)

Director Andrea Canny does the best thing possible in a personality-driven show like this. She lets Andersen's Cindy seem completely natural (well, as natural as a carefully preserved bleach blonde can seem) and run with it.

The sexual innuendo flies thick and fast, and Andersen dazzles with her fancy footwork. Despite Cindy's big personality, she never wears out her welcome. I could listen to her tap and yap all night.

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